FDA panel gives nod to Merck's VytorinCardiovascular Business2 to recommend Merck's Vytorin (combination ezetimibe/simvastatin) for use in patients with pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease. However, when it came to whether or not the approval s…
Kidney disease education classLodi News-SentinelA chronic kidney disease class will be held from 1 to 3 pm Nov. 16 at 777 S. Ham Lane, Suite L, Lodi. Participants can ask questions about their kidney health, find out more about chronic kidney disease, …
Sunshine Heart Announces Results of Its C-Pulse(R) Feasibility Trial at the …MarketWatch (press release)"The completion of the C-Pulse Heart Assist System feasibility trial demonstrates that C-Pulse has the potential to help the millions of mode…
Congestive heart failureABC OnlineCardiac arrest is one of the commonest reasons for cardiac arrest. Researchers suggest that it may be possible to fix the genes in the heart muscle to get the heart going again. The transcript of this program will be a…
Circ: Newer LVAD costs drop but miss effectiveness markCardiovascular Business3 in Circulation: Heart Failure, but it still fails to meet the standard threshold for being a cost-effect therapy. Nonetheless, the cost reductions obtained in a short windo…
Zee NewsLegendary musician-singer Bhupen Hazarika deadNorthern Voices OnlineLegendary musician-singer Bhupen Hazarika today died of multi-organ failure in a hospital in Mumbai He was 86. ayanta Saha, chief PRO at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital inf…
MedIndiaLeg Muscle Exercise Leads to Recovery of Heart FailureMedIndiaby Nancy Needhima on November 05, 2011 at 7:01 AM Heart Disease News The dysfunctioning of leg muscle is conjoined to the severity of symptoms in heart failure patients, states a new…
Missouri woman's new heart gives her strengthThe RepublicThree years after her congestive Heart failure diagnosis, the Savannah, Mo., woman hit a medical crossroads. Her heart couldn't keep up with her daily, 90-mph routine. She felt winded wal…
Hospitals to improve care for heart-failure patientsCharlotte Business JournalWith the federal government starting an initiative to set a national standard to reduce readmissions for patients with congestive heart failure, local hospitals are gearing u…
ReutersUPDATED: Vytorin Gets FDA Panel Nod for Some CKD PatientsInternal Medicine News Digital NetworkVytorin should be approved for preventing major vascular events in patients who have chronic kidney disease but are not on dialysis, according to a un…